Your copyrights and papers in your will after death
An introduction to inheritance, administration of your copyrights, your online presence, inheritance tax, valuation of literary property, bequests, and how the SoA can help
Who will be publishing my book?
A reference guide to help assess the type of publishing arrangement you are considering
Publicity and marketing
From bookshops and publishers to reviews and social media – a brief introduction to publicising your book
Negotiating payment for translations
Never feel uncomfortable about asking to be paid fairly. As the translator, you are entitled to share with the author and publisher in the success of your work.
Fee-based commissions
A checklist for authors before accepting a fee-based commission
Engaging freelancers for speaking events
A checklist of points for commissioners engaging authors for events
Chasing payments
This SoA guide aims to help tackle some of our members’ most common questions and provide further information about how best to go about chasing payments
An author’s archives and papers
Guidance on the materials related to your work – your papers, manuscripts, digital files and other items – and what you might do with them
Writing a synopsis
Join Olivia Chapman as she leads this 90-minute workshop teaching you a practical way on how to write a synopsis for submission to an agent, producer or for a competition
ISBNs, ASINs and metadata
A guide to whether a work needs an ISBN and ASIN, who obtains them and what metadata is
Legal requirements for self-publishers
Including what needs to on the copyright page of the book
Paid-for services for authors
A guide to paid-for services for authors, including author-pays publishing, publicity, editing and indexing